Automated routine HLA-B27 typing by flow cytometry

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-5

  Reynolds, W M ^a   Evans, P R ^a   Wilson, P J ^a   Wong, W M ^a   Darke, C ^b   Smith, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Regional Tissue Typing Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ankylosing spondylitis; flow cytometry; HLA B27; monoclonal antibody

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030590655     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(96)00158-5     Document Type: Article

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